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* '''When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then a gentleman?''' a line taken from a sermon by the 14th century priest John Ball, who took a prominent role in the Peasants' Revolt of 1381 → [[HCE]] and [[ALP]] ** [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ball_%28priest%29 Wikipedia] ** That line is also the source of a discussion by the two graveduggers in Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' (Act V Scene 1)."There is no ancient gentleman but gardners, ditchers and grave-makers; they hold up Adam's profession." * '''Delvin:''' an old name for Dublin * '''From thee, sweet Delvin, must I part:''' Gerald Nugent, ''Ode Written on Leaving Ireland'' * '''delving:''' digging * '''''Madamina'':''' Leporello's ''catalogue aria'' in Mozart's opera ''Don Giovanni'' opens with the line, ''Madamina, il catalogo è questo'' * '''madam''' * '''-een:''' (''Anglo-Irish'') diminutive suffix * '''-ín:''' (''Irish'') diminutive suffix * '''Madam, I’m Adam:''' (''palindrome'') a Biblical palindrome; a longer version, '''Madam, in Eden I'm Adam''', is also palindromic *'''Mavourneen''' (one of several references to the song ‘Come Back to Erin’ here → [[come back to my earin]]) * '''spinnen:''' (''German'') to be '''mad''' ('Du spinnst!' = 'You're crazy!') * '''watered silk:''' a type of silk fabric * '''silt:''' fluvial deposit → [[ALP]] as a river * '''Eve panning for gold''' * '''spinning waterstilts:''' dowsing (?) * '''spinning her wheels:''' i.e., doing nothing productive [[Category:Italian phrases]] [[Category:Anglo-Irish phrases]] [[Category:Irish phrases]] [[Category: opera]] [[Category: Old Testament]] [[Category: Dublin]]

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